Blood Red Shoes, The Lovely Eggs, Bang Bang Romeo And More Confirmed For New Festival Cro Cro Land

Monday, 07 January 2019

Written by Jon Stickler

The first acts have been announced for the new Croydon-based festival Cro Cro Land.

Presented by the Croydonist website, the multi-stage South London festival will bring together both established and up-and-coming indie and alternative bands on April 6 at Croydon's new creative hub, Urban Xchange, part of the Lansdowne Hotel. The festival has also ensured a gender-balanced bill and crew.

The first names to be announced for the line up include Blood Red Shoes, the Lovely Eggs, Nova Twins, Bang Bang Romeo, Moses, Bugeye and Berries. Co-founder of Croydonist and Cro Cro Land, Angela Martin said:

"Cro Cro Land is the start of a new wave of music events in Croydon celebrating its awesome music history. We wanted to create an event that is affordable and brings together an epic line-up of bands, grass roots promoters and DJs from across the UK that form part of a really important music movement. Many grass roots venues are closing and so it's important that we all pull together to not only put on shows for established bands, but help break new talent too. Cro Cro Land hopes to do just that."

What? A one day multi-stage music festival hosting performances from both established and rising indie and alternative artists and bands across three creative spaces; Town Square, Concrete Playground and the Tram Stop.

Where? Urban Xchange, Croydon, London.

When? April 6.

Who? The first acts to be confirmed are Blood Red Shoes, the Lovely Eggs, Nova Twins, Bang Bang Romeo, Moses, Bugeye, Berries, Chorusgirl, Sisteray, Fightmilk, Feral Five, Smiley and the Underclass, Pink Cigar, Couples, Weekend Recovery, Useless Cities, Drusila, Kath and the Kicks, and the Weird Things, with more acts still to be announced.